OH MY GOD!!!

I received some of the best news of my life this morning: GAVIN DEGRAW IS COMING TO NEBRASKA! There are two bits of bad news though: 1) He is the special guest for Dave Matthews Band and 2) The show is at the Quest Center in Omaha. Omaha sucks. While Lincoln is no picnic either, Omaha is just crappy, the drivers are crappy, most of the bars are crappy, and Crappy Creighton is there too. Basically, Omaha is useless. It does amuse me how it tries to be a big city, but has to include all the suburbs to even reach the 600,000 mark. You want a REAL big city? Look at Minneapolis/St Paul then, the Twin Cities have Omaha beat, hands down, no competition.

But back to the topic at hand: GAVIN DEGRAW.

I am contemplating getting tickets. The only problem is that they will be really expensive because it is with DMB, and everyone and their brother LOVES DMB, so tickets are going to sell fast. As a side note, what is the obsession with DMB or Ben Folds? Everyone here seems to really love one or the other but never both. I, on the other hand, choose to dislike both, and if forced to choose (by forced I mean a gun would literally have to be held to my head to get me to even make this choice to begin with) I honestly do not know which one I would pick. But given the fact that I love Gavin DeGraw with all my heart and soul, I could sit through the concert, because I certainly would not spend all that money to only go to half the concert.

Now, let's look at my potential concert-going partners:
Drake - The Boyfriend, of course. Highly unlikely however, for three reasons: 1)He's in the Ben Folds camp; 2) Gavin is on The List and Drake said he couldn't be because The List has to be people you have almost no chance of meeting and I DID meet Gavin 3) I once told Drake that I had a dream that I married Gavin DeGraw and he just stood on a pedestal in the corner and sang to me and played his guitar and piano all day (this is probably not a good thing to tell your boyfriend, no matter how unlikely the dream is of coming true, I know that now)

Brittany - The Partner in Crime, a definite possibility, because she likes DMB, though I am not sure on her opinion of Gavin. Knowing Britt, she would say she hates him just because she knows I love him so much. That's why I adore her.

Teetz - The Best Pal, again a definite possibility for the Gavin DeGraw factor, though he did say when we went to see Gavin and Howie back in July that he likes Howie better. Plus, I do not know if he even likes DMB, so it will difficult to convince him to spend the money. However, I can usually sucker him into most anything, so this possibility is probably the best of the three. If I can convince him to let me lick his calves, I am sure I can convince him of this too.

Speaking of my little Teetzy Weetzy, guess who has a date on Thursday! I don't know her but he assured me she is not fat or retarded so I am trusting his judgment. I am very happy about him having a date, except for one problem: He won't let me dress him! Last night we were watching SVU (FINALLY!) and he said no because my idea of dressing him would be to go shopping and buy new clothes. Duh. Now that I think about it, he spent a lot of money on clothes recently, there's no reason he can't spend more on concert tickets so I have decided yes, I will make Teetz go with me. But back to his date, yes, I want to pick out his clothes because I am good at that. Not that he needs a lot of help, he dresses better than most guys I know, but he can't just look good, he has to look goooooooood. He always looks regular good, but this is different, this is a DATE and Everyday Good and Bar Good are different from Date Good. But he won't let me wax his eyebrows. In fact, Drake said no too. I think men should really consider this a priority in their lives even though I know they never will. Guys in general: You have two eyes, you should have two eye brows. Teetz and Drake: Mostly I want to wax yours just for fun, not because you need it, it would just amuse me a whole lot.

Days Until "FRIENDS: The One With All Ten Seasons" comes out on DVD: 40!!!!

(Speaking of, the price has no gone up on Amazon :(. It was on sale for pre-ordering at roughly $200. Now it is up to $233. Boo, you whores at Amazon)

Afterglow

I am slowly but surely starting to come off my high from the concert. It was just a great show with great musicians who actually play instruments and write their own stuff. I have posted my opinions about that before though so I am not going to get into it again. Gavin and Howie are just amazing, I really want to see them again, and Missy Higgins too. I had a ton of fun.

I really like sleep. More than most people and it is not really concerning me yet, but a lot of people are seeming to comment on it right now. I would almost think I should be tested for mono if I had not been this way for the last couple of years. What is basically comes down to is, I can sleep any time, anywhere. The other night I was at Drake's and he, his uncle Matt, and one of his cousins were all sitting in the sunroom talking and Nicole and I both just fell asleep. Granted it was later in the evening, but I just fell asleep in someone else's sunroom. It's weird. And once I am out, I am OUT. During the last school year Teetz never let me sleep if we were going to dinner within the hour because it always takes me so long to come out of it again. He says it's almost like I am drunk because I shuffle around and mumble for about 20 minutes before I am finally coherent again. Another case in point, last night I went to bed before Drake and I guess he tried to wake me up to move me because I was in the middle of the bed and there wasn't enough room for him, but he said I was in such a deep sleep I didn't move so he had to inch me over little by little. And I guess he was holding onto my arm to move me and it slipped out of his grasp and hit him really hard in the face. Luckily it didn't leave a mark, I'd feel bad about that, though I guess it wouldn't really be my fault, I was sleeping after all. I guess I am lucky to be able to sleep on command but it's not always helpful, because I am pretty sure I could fall asleep at work at my register. I am sure I would get in trouble for that one.

I got all my photo albums done finally, starting from freshman year of college up until the latest photos I took, which were the concert pictures. Those turned out AMAZING, by the way, just like the concert itself. I have three albums, each holds 300 pictures...And the third one is almost all the way full. I have taken a lot of pictures in the last four years, but it was such a trip down memory lane seeing some of those again. I miss Nicole, she went back to Pennsylvania after freshman year and I have such fun pictures from when we went to California over Spring Break. I also found pictures of Britt and I getting ready for my first ever Pike party back in the days of Cody and Marshall and those guys. Talk about a lifetime ago, I am not even the same person anymore. Then junior year and all my pictures of Adam and I and those crazy parties at the apartment. I think there is at least one or two pictures from every party where Silas or Moose has me up on their shoulders or are at least picking me up. I definitely need those guys to hold me up sometimes, literally and figuratively, because like I said in a recent post, I love my friends a lot and am so lucky to keep the company that I do. I wish everyone was as lucky as me. I don't have nearly as many pictures of Drake and I as I would like, but we're just starting out, and there will be plenty of time for bar pictures and all sorts of stuff like that, I am just kind of sad he will never get to go to a formal with me because those days are also behind me. I'm sure he's not too broken up about it, but hey, they were good times. I know I'll take plenty of pictures at Roxy's wedding in October if he goes with me. I know he said he would, but that is also the day of the Nebraska/Oklahoma game and I don't want him to miss it because I know he really wants to go and I want him to. But I wouldn't mind having him at the wedding with me either, since I will know absolutely no one except the bride and groom. We'll see what happens.

For now there are no countdowns, not to any fun stuff anyway, mostly just crap like school starting again. Oh the humanity.

THE MOST AMAZING NIGHT OF MY LIFE

Wow. That's all I can say to it. Wow. Gavin DeGraw is one of the most talented people in the entire world, maybe in the history of mankind. He can definitely be my baby's daddy. The concert was amazing. The show was just, wow. When we were waiting to be let into the show, I was sitting on the floor because I was tired of standing, and guess who peaked around the corner of the hallway with one of his roadies??!! HOWIE DAY!!! He looked right at me and kind of smiled when I jumped up really fast and then he disappeared back around the corner. No one saw him but me. It was hott. So is he. Teetz didn't even see him, but he's always oblivious to the important stuff. Missy Higgins performed first - I had never heard of her before but I really loved a lot of her music, so I downloaded some songs just so I can see if I like enough of them to buy the cd. She sang for about half hour or so and I was pretty impressed, and she has a cool accent because she is from Australia. Then Howie came out next and WOW. I know I said I liked Gavin the best and I still do, but WOW. I definitely have to get his first cd but last time I was at Best Buy they didn't have it. I may have to do some more searching. And when he sang "Collide" at the very end I cried of course and Teetz didn't make fun of me for crying for once. I think he probably would have cried too if he wasn't such a manly-man. It was so awesome. and the pictures came out GREAT. BUT THEN THE MOMENT I WAS WAITING FOR.....GAVIN CAME OUT AND IT WAS SO AMAZING I CAN'T STOP TYPING IN CAPS. Okay, I am sure that will get annoying so I will try to contain myself. He came out and started right in with "Just Friends". I cried again. It was so amazing. And it was general admission so everyone was squished up against the stage (we sat in seats though, right center across from the stage) AND GAVIN WALKED OUT INTO THE CROWD!!!!! It was so awesome, he got swarmed but he went on both sides and I was just so impressed with his stage presence, it was awesome. He didn't sing "Nice to Meet You (Anyway)" or "More Than Anyone" but I am okay with that because he sang "Follow Through" and every other song I love on the cd. Before this, "I Don't Wanna Be" was a song I could take or leave, and then Bo Bice sang it on American Idol and made me hate the song...It's sad when you can ruin a song I don't even like...But when Gavin sang it live, OH MY GOD, IT WAS AMAZING!!! I love that song now as much as I love all the others...Except "Chemical Party" I still can't get behind that one. But the best part of the whole night is still to come!!! After the show Gavin was signing autographs for anyone who'd purchased a t-shirt! I got to talk to Gavin DeGraw! He signed my shirt and I got my picture taken with him and I pretty much was like, "Gavin, you don't even know how much fun I had or how awesome you are, I totally love you" and he was so sincere in talking to everyone, he looked everyone in the eye, was so polite and was asking people how they were and saying thank-you, and he called me sweetheart. That's the best part right there, that I got a picture with Gavin DeGraw and he called me sweetheart. *Sigh* I know I said earlier in another post that Howie could be my baby's daddy and Gavin could just sing to my baby, but I changed my mind, Gavin can be my baby's daddy and Howie can sing. I had so much fun and of course I went with Teetz, and that's a good thing because I don't think most people understand me quite like Teetz does (even though sometimes even he is at a loss for words with me) but he is probably the only person who could have dealt with my insane freaking out, and still loves me anyway. Yeah, it was pretty much the best night of my life, it was that fucking awesome. The whole show was just awesome, and it was so awesome. I can't stop smiling, smiling is my favorite. I want to see them again. Maybe if they come to Kansas City I can drag Teetz down there with me, I would sell a kidney to see them again.

Apartment

Okay, I know I just posted not too long ago but I realized I forgot to post a Gavin song so I am going to do that, but I also need to vent a little and the title will make sense in a few moments. So, I am in the kitchen making some dinner (yes, green beans are dinner, shut up Teetz) and we have these stupid little magnetic words on the fridge to make random sentences. This has gotten to the point where it is not even immature anymore, but stupid and lame. Through these, I have been called insignificant and stupid, thanks to one of my roommates who no longer speaks to me because I am dating Drake and Drake is his friend. The most recent stuff is downright ridiculous, and the funny part that he doesn't realize is, I have not said anything back to him. Other people have and I think he assumes they're from me but they're not. Unlike him, I am not going to have an argument on a fridge door. If he would like to speak like adults, my room is five feet from his. However, because I do not think he has the capacity to do so, as he has shown thus far, then I don't see that happening. Which is why I am going to move out. I have found some really nice places and right now it is a matter of money and being able to break the lease and all that. I may have to stay through the summer to get money together to have a place on my own, but it will be worth it. The situation is stupid and I am removing myself from it because I would rather live with or near friends than someone who is going to behave this way.

On a more mature note, here's another Gavin song I really really love:

Overrated
Gavin DeGraw
Take my home
Take everything I own
Take it, take control
You will feel better
You will feel whole
You're so good
You stopped me where I stood
And let me look at love and I feel better
Oh, I feel good

I just want to give it all to you
I want to share this with you
Make you mine and mine will be all yours
Whatever you want and more
What I'm anticipating
Everything else will be over-rated
Baby, it's for you, it's all for you

You speak kind
Oh, if you were mine
What would we be like?
We would be liked
We would be...

I just want to give it all to you
I want to share this with you
Make you mine and mine will be all yours
Whatever you want and more
What I'm anticipating
Everything else will be over-rated
Everything else will be over-rated

Open up
Let me fill your cup
I can really pour it out
It will be like...
I will be enough

I just want to give it all to you
I want to share this with you
Make you mine and mine will be all yours
Whatever you want and more
What I'm anticipating
Everything else will be over-rated

Baby, it's for you
Baby, it's for you
Baby, it's for you
Baby, it's for you, it's all for you

7 Days!!!

SEVEN DAYS UNTIL GAVIN AND HOWIE!!!!!!!!!!!

That's all, there's nothing much else to say right now. Just that, a week from tomorrow night I will be in the shithole that is Council Bluffs to see Gavin DeGraw and Howie Day, and I am so excited I might pee my pants.

This song is probably my favorite Gavin song. It hits very close to home, but after all is said and done, I think the reason I love this song is because it captures all those feelings and emotions perfectly. Some people just don't understand that sometimes, no matter how someone might make you cry do, you can't help but love them anyway. Plus, it's just a great song anyway and I would probably love it no matter what even if I didn't know exactly how this situation felt, and the beat and the melody is perfect for it.

Just Friends
Gavin DeGraw
I saw you there last night
Standing in the dark
You were acting so in love
With your hand upon his heart
But you were just friends
At least that's what you said
Now I know better from his fingers in your hair
I forgive you for what you've done
If you say that I'm the one
I've had other options too
But all I want is you
Girl your body fits me like a glove
And you shower me with words of love
And you were just friends
At least that's what you said
Now I know better from his fingers in your hair
I forgive you for what you've done
If you say that I'm the one
It's not my style to lay it in on the line
But you don't leave me with a choice this time
Why weren't you true?
You know I trusted you
When you were just friends
At least that's what you said
Now I know better from his fingers in your hair
I forgive you for what you've done
If you say that I'm the one
You were just friends
At least that's what you said
Now I know better from his fingers in your hair
I forgive you for what you've done
If you say that I'm the one
I'll forgive you for what you've done
If you say that I'm the one
I'll forgive you for what you've done
If you say that I'm the one
I'll forgive you

I'm Never Going to Get Out of Here

I don't mean forever, I just mean in terms of finally meeting Drake's family in Illinois. I've met his family here and I absolutely adore them. His aunt and uncle are so amazing and I love his cousins, they are the most adorable girls I have ever met. Drake is at home right now though, with them as well as the rest of his family, for the 4th. I was supposed to go with, they were even going to wait until Sunday night to leave because I worked, but I ended up having to work today too so I didn't get to go and it makes me sad because all his friends are home too and he really wants me to meet everyone. He's also going home again in a couple weeks for his friend's birthday, but it is the same weekend as the Gavin DeGraw and Howie Day concert and we already have tickets, not to mention I was so excited about this concert I almost peed my pants and crashed my car at the same time. In fact, I still might pee my pants, I am that excited about it. I know I will get to meet Drake's family eventually which is cool, but I am not notoriously patient and he really wants me too as well. It just feels like things keep happening to prevent me from being able to go and it's almost like I'm just not supposed to meet them. It's weird. And stupid, I want to go hang out in Illinois.

Speaking of Illinois, Roxy's wedding is on the 29th of October in Chicago and I am super excited. Not pee-my-pants excited, but still excited. I have never been a bride's maid before. Once I was the flower girl in my aunt Tammy's wedding, I think I was two or three. I do not have a memory of this but the story has been told to me so many times I feel like it is mine: I was walking down the aisle with Brian's nephew Brandon and I was upset about something (imagine me, upset, even at age two). They must have told him to hold my hand but I was refusing and every time he'd try I'd pull away from him. I was getting mad and not really sprinkling the flowers like they told me to, but I was throwing handfuls in big clumps every few feet. I didn't even make it to the alter, I just threw down the empty basket and went and sat by my grandma, so Brandon went and pouted too and did the same. I wish I remembered it as my own memory and not a retelling, or that it had been on video because I would love to see it now. I am also super excited about Chicago because of Louis Vuitton and I am hoping I will have enough time to run over there and see if I can find something special for myself. God, how I love Louis Vuitton.

I am supposed to be at Jake's right now but I have a headache and really would not be a lot of fun. Teetz isn't happy with me because of this, but I just am not feeling social right now. I am in one of my funks where I need to be left alone and I love him to death, but I just wish he would understand that sometimes I just need to be by myself and I wish he wouldn't get mad at me for it. I know it is the 4th and all and yay for fireworks, but it's not the same as at home and I don't really want to be around people right now.

I have not spoken to Adam since he left Mississippi for Iraq and while I was not expecting to quite yet, every day the news freaks me out with more bombings and all that shit. I know it shouldn't and I should not let it get to me, but I can't help it. Someone I love very much is over there right now in the middle of all of this bullshit and my greatest fear in the world is that I will never see him again. I know I should not think like that, but how can I not? This is Adam we're talking about, and everyone who knows the score understands what that means.

I am still supremely excited about Gavin and Howie. Teetz and I were checking out the websites last night and there are some cool t-shirts and shit, but you can't be that guy who wears the t-shirt of the band he is seeing. Teetz will probably be that guy. I am so excited. I have decided while Howie is better looking than Gavin, I am more into Gavin's music. Howie has some great stuff and we know "Collide" will probably remain one of my all-time favorite songs, but some of Howie's other stuff sounds the same and it kind of gets old after a while. I guess the music itself does not get old because he is very talented, but I just tire of it more easily than I do Gavin. The only song of Gavin's I can not get behind is "Chemical Party". Otherwise, they all kick some ass. "Just Friends" will always be a favorite, though it still hits a little close to home with the me-Adam-Alexis situation. And "Belief" is such a great song too, and "Overrated" too. I love them all I think, and "Nice to Meet You (Anyway)" is also fun. I am so excited! I also decided that while Gavin DeGraw can not be my baby's daddy, he is allowed to serenade my baby, which will be just as important. Howie, on the other hand, may possibly be my baby's daddy.

Speaking of my baby's daddy, Teetz told his brother I have a boyfriend now. Chaz asked if I still wanted to have sex with him, and Teetz didn't quite know how to put it that yes, Chaz is on my 'exceptions' list. And speaking of exceptions, Drake and Brian say that Chaz can't be on my list because it is likely I will meet him someday and exceptions are supposed to be unlikely people (that's also why I am supposed to take Jesse Boyer off my list). I think it's bunk to take them off, and I also think Teetz's brother is afraid of me. The rest of my exceptions list is as follows if you are curious:

1. Teetz's brother
2. Jesse Boyer
3. JJ Redick
4. Christopher Meloni
5. Vin Diesel

There are a few others that may have to sit aside as replacements just in case, but that's the top 5. Drake won't even give me 10, and we all know I need ten. Ah well.

I have decided I really need to take a break from drinking. I know when people read this they're either not going to believe me, or even wonder why, and Friday is a prime example. Not the part where I made that girl cry, that was fine, but the part about me starting and just not being able to stop. When I am downtown at a bar, I really don't know how to just socially drink. If I am at a house party it is different and I don't know why. Plus, when I do drink that much, I really think I am invincible, thus the walking out into traffic, not even in the crosswalk at least. I am by no means an alcoholic or anything, if I was I would have a beer or six right now, I just think I need to cut back a little bit to really prove to myself that I can. Not to mention I am going to gain weight like crazy if I keep drinking at this pace and we all know how i feel about weight gain and my fear of that. Maybe we don't all know, but in that case if you don't, then it is none of your business anyway and not something you need to concern yourself with.

I would rather sign off on a happier note than my disgust with fat and food, so I will leave the lyrics to a favorite Gavin song for you to ponder:

"Belief"

Belief

Makes things real

Makes things feel

Feel alright

Belief

Makes things true

Things like you

You and I

Tonight, you arrested my mind

When you came to my defense

With a knife

In the shape of your mouth

In the form of your body

With the wrath of a god

Oh, you stood by me

Belief

Builds from scratch

Doesn't need to relax

It doesn't need space

Long live the queen and I'll be the king

In the collar of grace

Tonight, you arrested my mind

When you came to my defense

With a knife

In the shape of your mouth

In the form of your body

With the wrath of a god

Oh, you stood by me

Belief

I'm going to yell it from the rooftops

I'll wear a sign on my chest

That's the least I can do

Tonight, you arrested my mind

When you came to my defense

With a knife

In the shape of your mouth

In the form of your body

With the wrath of a god

Oh, you stood by me

Tonight, you arrested my mind

When you came to my defense

With a knife

In the shape of your mouth

In the form of your body

With the wrath of a god

Oh, you stood by me

And I'll stand by my

Belief

Days til Gavin and Howie: 11!!!!!!!

Pretty Boys With Talent

I love Gavin DeGraw and Howie Day. Both are very talented, write their own music, play their own instruments, and they do not dance - just so we're clear on that. Now, don't get me wrong, I love Boy Bands as much as the next girl, particularly at the height of their popularity when NSync and the Backstreet Boys were duking it out for the #1 video slot every fucking week on TRL back in the day, but at that point they were still a packaged deal. I'm not going to lie, I have all the CDs that both bands put out. In the early stages of their career they had all their songs written for them, their styles picked out for them (the Cute One, the Bad Boy, etc) and all their dance moves choreographed in a ridiculous manner - some of the ways they twisted around, I didn't know it was possible for the human body to move like that. As later albums came out, they started writing more of their own stuff and still doing fairly well until the Boy Band explosion kind of imploded and everyone was like, 'Wow, over it now". Everyone went quietly away for a while, then Justin (NSync) and Nick (Backstreet) each came out with solo projects and I think it is safe to say that Justin won that round. However, Justin really is incredibly talented. I don't think there is anything wrong with the choreographed moves, I just think you have to have some substance to back it up so it's not all show. I really believe Justin is talented and he does work his ass off to put on a great show. However, I don't think some people give him the credit he deserves because of his "roots" with NSync (who will, like the Backstreet Boys) be putting out one final CD together. And if you are wondering, yes I did buy Backstreet's latest CD and it is actually really good, better than I expected it to be). I am not comparing Gavin and Howie and Justin to one another, I don't think you can just because of how differently they started out. I just think Justin should get a little more credit here, and he does play the piano and the guitar so it's not like all he has going for him are a few dance moves and a mediocre voice - this boy can do it all (in case you're also wondering, yes I did buy his solo CD too. It's damn fucking good). So that's all, Justin is a pretty boy with talent, but Gavin and Howie are also pretty boys with talent, just a different kind of pretty, if that makes sense. You don't have to be ugly to be talented or write amazing songs and these guys all have proven it. I think they're all talented, they just got to where they are by taking very different paths and all the haters need to just stop and let everyone be.

On a much lamer note, Teetz and I recently found out that he is actually NOT the one Jenny is all bent out of shape over - it's Kayleen. That's news to everybody, because Kayleen was not mentioned at any point whatsoever. I guess Jenny doesn't understand the fact that Kayleen works a lot and doesn't have time to see her friends in Lincoln, let alone drive to Omaha all the time to see her friends either. It's not as though Kayleen and I are hanging out all the time, yes I have seen her more recently but these have been special occasions such as Teetz's birthday. But apparently that's what Screech Owl was talking about on the phone when she said I was stealing other peoples friends. No wonder for the confusion, we weren't even arguing about the same people. And really, we weren't even arguing about Teetz to begin with, all I did was tell the truth, and some people just can't handle the truth. And then they send their boyfriends and friends to confront people because they have no backbones for themselves. Ah well, you can only hope that they simply never breed, so more people like them are not brought into the world.

Days til Gavin and Howie: 16!

The Best Day Ever!

Yesterday was quite possibly one of the best days of my life. First, I had the day off, always fun. Second, I was on my way to Drake's house (granted, that happens a lot, but that's always one of the best parts of my day). Third, as I am driving I was flipping radio stations, something I don't do often in my car because I have so many cds and guess what I hear the d.j. say!!!! Her exact words were, "Stay tuned for your chance to win Gavin DeGraw and Howie Day tickets." And she said it so calmly, I would have been freaking out if I were her because I love them! Actually, I did freak out, I started shrieking and almost crashed my car. But I safely made it to Drake's, and I was calling Teetz every five seconds but he wasn't answering because he was on the other line with Tobin. Finally he answers and I tell him and he freaks out (as much as Teetz can freak out about anything - he actually was a bit more calm than me). We had been randomly checking Ticketmaster to see if they would ever be anywhere near us and the only show ever listed was in Kettering, Ohio and at first Teetz was like, even if we win tickets, I am not going to Ohio. I had to explain a time or two that, no sweetheart, the concert is here. Well, technically it is in Iowa, fucking Council Bluffs at that, but TEETZ AND I ARE GOING TO SEE GAVIN DEGRAW AND HOWIE DAY!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited about this, it is going to be an awesome show and I know I am going to bawl my fucking eyes out when Howie sings "Collide". I know he has other great songs and I love them and this is one of the songs everyone knows because it was his first single, but I love it so much because it is so honest. This song pretty much sums up how relationships, how you are so in love with this person and you are scared out of your mind that you can love someone so much, but it doesn't matter because you are together. I love it I love it I love it. and GAVIN DEGRAW, wow, don't even get me started. Well, I am going to start anyway. I love him too, quite simply. And I get to hear "Follow Through" LIVE! LIVE! How amazing is that going to be. I know I am probably going to cry then too, but hey, what can I say, I am a crier. If there is a song that is so amazing and I get that emotional over it, so be it, leave me alone, I am allowed to cry. Plus, these are two of my favorite artists, and they are actually REAL ARTISTS and they write their own music and they play their own instruments. I can't help it if I cry, I cried at the Rascal Flatts concert back in November when they sang "I'm Movin' On" but how can you not cry at that one? It's also among my favorite songs. And at the same show when Julie Roberts sang "Break Down Here", whoa, amazing. I don't think it is just the lyrics that always brings me to tears, though that is a large part. I think it also has to do with the voices singing them and how some of them are so amazing that it just moves me. Like with Julie Roberts, man, she can sing, she is absolutely AMAZING, thus why she is one of my favorite singers. I am so excited, wow, I feel like shouting from my front porch, but I think my white trash neighbors might get mad and start leaving more garbage on the lawn then. Gross. So I will shout here instead: I GET TO SEE GAVIN DEGRAW AND HOWIE DAY WITH TEETZ ON JULY 16TH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, it is out of my system for a while, but I am sure I will need to write about it again later.

I know I complain about the summers here in Lincoln quite a bit, but I really do love this time of year. The only part I hate is the humidity. People don't always realize that Minnesota gets really hot in the summer, we're not 30 below all year round. We just don't have the humidity quite like Nebraska does. But I love being outside and laying out and being in the sun. I was listening to the radio the other day and new research has found that too little sun can be as bad for you as over-exposure and it might actually be beneficial for people to spend 15 minutes or so two or three times a week out in the sun without sun screen because you need vitamin D which the sun helps your body create and sunscreen thus blocks out the sun and the ability to do so. Now, I think they're going overboard and being sensationalistic by saying "Sunscreen causes cancer!" but in truth it contributes to it if you do not get enough vitamin d - and most people do not get enough vitamin d to begin with. I am not sure why this post turned kind of serious, (considering not too long ago I was just shouting about GAVIN DEGRAW AND HOWIE DAY,) and I am not getting on a soap box or anything about it, nor do I think we should all run around all the time without being smart about time spent in the sun, I just think it is a good idea to pay attention to this research because a lot of people don't know. And in general, most people don't get the vitamins they need anyway, but now they are doing worse damage to themselves. I don't know, whatever.

And by the way, yes, we are going out to the bars again this weekend. Even though it is the 4th of July weekend, give the cell a call if you're in town, it'll be fun. Last weekend was a blast. Granted, I was in a fighting mood, thus why when Drake's ex girlfriend kept calling I got so annoyed that on the 5th call I finally told her I was going to punch her in the face if she didn't quit, but hey, don't fuck with me. I know I said in a previous post that we wouldn't go out every weekend because none of us had the money, yet somehow we always manage to come up with at least a couple bucks to be able to have some drinks. I think it is worth it, we are just helping Teetz get it out of his system. As long as I keep telling myself and my mother that, we are golden ;)

Days til Gavin and Howie: 17!

Adventures in Ringtones

Okay, so last night Teetz and I were watching Doogie Howser on DVD, don't laugh, the show is actually quite hilariously inappropriate. If you watched the show when you were under the age of 10, which most of us did, chances are you didn't get any of the jokes, especially the ones made by Vinnie, because they were sick, perverted and/or mean. Wow. So anyway, after watching a second episode Teetz decides he needs the show's theme song as one of his ringtones. We spent a whole freaking hour on the Cingular website searching for songs! AN HOUR! However, I can not complain too much because a good majority of that time was actually devoted to me and finding me the perfect ring. There were several options, most of which Teetz shot down because he didn't want to be associated with that ring and have people look at him like he was a big freak (this would happen if 'Barbie Girl' started going off while he was walking across campus.) 'My Heart Will Go On', 'Whiskey Girl', 'Bless the Broken Road' (which is not even available as a ringtone, but if it was Teetz would not let me have it because he's mean. Also, I want this to be the first dance at my wedding, so it's probably a good thing it will not be cheapened by being on Teetz's phone) and a whole slew of other awesome songs were vetoed as well until our lame brains realized, HELLO! LOOK UP GAVIN DEGRAW! We did and thus, my new ring is 'Follow Through'. If you have not heard this song, and chances are you haven't because it is not on the radio, here it is for your viewing pleasure:

Oh, this is the start of something good
Don't you agree?
I haven't felt like this in so many moons
You know what I mean?
And we can build through this destruction
As we are standing on our feet

So since you want to be with me
You'll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
For you to stick around
I'll see you everyday
But you have to follow through
You have to follow through

These reeling emotions they just keep me alive
They keep me in tune
Oh, look what I‘m holding here in my fire
This is for you
Am I too obvious to preach it
You're so hypnotic on my heart

So since you want to be with me
You'll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
For you to stick around
I'll see you everyday
But you have to follow through
You have to follow through

The words you say to me are unlike anything
That's ever been said
And what you do to me is unlike anything
That's ever been
Am I too obvious to preach it
You're so hypnotic on my heart

So since you want to be with me
You'll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
For you to stick around
I'll see you everyday

So since you want to be with me
You'll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
For you to stick around
I'll see you everyday
But you have to follow through

You have to follow through
You're gonna have to follow

Oh, this is the start of something good
Don't you agree?

Simply amazing. I absolutely love Gavin DeGraw. And don't even get me started on Howie Day. LOVE HIM. Not just 'Collide' but most of his songs are just amazing. Teetz just about had an orgasm when he got 'Collide' as his ringtone. You should call him every single hour just so he can hear it. Also, another awesome Gavin DeGraw song is 'More Than Anyone' which I wanted, and of course anyone who knows me knows that 'She Will Be Loved' is still one of my favorite songs of all time and Adam Levine is simply beautiful.